With a population of over 10 million, Indonesia's capital Jakarta is one of Asia's mega-cities. Like similar cities, there is increasing tension between an expanding elite population and a growing urban poor. The mayor of Jakarta has a solution to this problem - evict the urban poor. This video looks at life in three poor communities in Jakarta, highlighting their strategies for survival in very uncertain times.


This movie is part of the collection: Community Video

Director: Robert Wyrod
Producer: Robert Wyrod
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Keywords: jakarta; indonesia; urban poor; oceania; indymedia; newsreal; asia
Contact Information: rjwyrod@uchicago.edu

Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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